Tag: Wages
Does thinking you look fat affect how much money you earn?
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan and Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
Two things people often think about are money and their appearance. Past...
Cheating workers out of wages is easier than ever
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
Jara Neal Willis, a nurse at a hospital in Texas, usually clocked in a few minutes before the start...
What is full employment? An economist explains the latest jobs data
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The latest jobs report has gotten a lot of analysts, policymakers and talking heads once again asking whether...
3 key quotes from Trump’s first State of the Union, explained
Steven Pressman, Colorado State University; Greg Wright, University of California, Merced, and Stephanie L. Canizales, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters,...
Here’s how workers would spend the corporate tax cut – if...
Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
Over 200 CEOs have said they will raise wages or give bonuses as a result of the large...
How noncompete clauses clash with US labor laws
Raymond Hogler, Colorado State University
Most Americans with jobs work “at-will”: Employers owe their employees nothing in the relationship and vice versa. Either party may...
How timekeeping software helps companies nickel and dime their workers
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
If you work on an hourly basis, you may not have given much thought to what happens to your...
Outlook for 2016: middle-class woes, hopeful on wages, the fear factor
Mechele Dickerson, University of Texas at Austin; Jay L Zagorsky, Ohio State University, and Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
Editor’s note: We asked...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
